Also buried in the old section of the Hillside Cemetery is Ebenezer Gay.

The house that Gay had built on Main Street is now home to the Sharon Historical Society, and is known as the Gay-Hoyt House, in honor of its builder and Miss Ann Sherman Hoyt, who donated it to the society.

Ebenezer Gay (1725-1787) was born in Litchfield , CT, the son of John Gay, Esq. and Lydia Colver Gay, who had lived in Dedham, Massachusetts. In 1743, John and Lydia moved to Sharon, purchasing Lot #39 from Israel Holley. The Gays had four sons: John, Ebenezer, Fisher and Perez.

Gay's services to Sharon's civic life were many. He was Constable from 1760-1769, served as Tax Collector in 1763 and was re-elected six times to that position. He served as Selectman in 1766 and again thirteen terms after that. In 1770 and 1772, Gay was a Grand Juror, served as Assemblyman from 1775 to 1778, and was the Town Treasurer in 1775 and for seven additional terms.

During the Revolutionary War, Ebenezer was a Major, in charge of Colonel Charles Burrell's 14th Connecticut Militia Regiment, a detachment of 300 to 500 men.

In 1777, he sat on a committee to care for the families of those serving in the Continental